Winners

Letters, Drama, and Music

A Chorus Line conceived, choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett, with book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch, and lyrics by Edward Kleban

History

Lamy of Santa Fe by Paul Horgan (Farrar)

Biography or Autobiography

Edith Wharton: A Biography by R. W. B. Lewis (Harper)

Poetry

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery (Viking)

General Nonfiction

Why Survive? Being Old In America by Robert N. Butler (Harper)

Music

Air Music by Ned Rorem

First performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on December 5, 1975. It is subtitled "Ten Etudes of Orchestra."

Special Citations

Special Awards and Citations - Journalism

Professor John Hohenberg

A special citation and an antique plaque inscribed by all the members of the Advisory Board, expressing appreciation for his services for 22 years as Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes and for his achievements as teacher and journalist.

Special Awards and Citations - Music

Scott Joplin

Bestowed posthumously in this Bicentennial Year, for his contributions to American music.

Pulitzer Prize Board

Press Releases

Journalism

For its disclosures of the impact and influence of the Teamsters Union on Alaska's economy and politics.

Local General or Spot News Reporting

Gene Miller of Miami Herald

For his persistent and courageous reporting over eight and one-half years that led to the exoneration and release of two men who had twice been tried for murder and wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in Florida.

Local Investigative Specialized Reporting

Staff of Chicago Tribune

For uncovering widespread abuses in Federal housing programs in Chicago and exposing shocking conditions at two private Chicago hospitals.

National Reporting

James Risser of Des Moines Register

For disclosing large-scale corruption in the American grain exporting trade.

International Reporting

Sydney H. Schanberg of The New York Times

For his coverage of the Communist takeover in Cambodia, carried out at great risk when he elected to stay at his post after the fall of Pnom Penh.

Commentary

Walter Wellesley (Red) Smith of The New York Times

For his commentary on sports in 1975 and for many other years.

Criticism

Alan M. Kriegsman of The Washington Post

For his critical writing about the dance during 1975.

Editorial Writing

Philip P. Kerby of Los Angeles Times

For his editorials against government secrecy and judicial censorship.

Editorial Cartooning

Tony Auth of The Philadelphia Inquirer

For "O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain," published on July 22, 1975.

Spot News Photography

Stanley Forman of Boston Herald American

For his sequence of photographs of a fire in Boston on July 22, 1975.

Feature Photography

Photographic Staff of Louisville Courier-Journal and Times

For a comprehensive pictorial report on busing in Louisville's schools.